]]>Three weeks after a congressional hearing was held on the radicalization of American Muslims, Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) held a March 29 hearing on the civil rights of American Muslims. Watch excerpts from remarks made by Sen. Durbin, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Thomas Perez, President and Executive Director of Muslim Advocates Farhana Khera, and Cardinal Theodore McCarrick. Edited by Emma Mankey Hidem.

“As Muslim societies wrestle with how to treat religious minorities, let them look to our nation,” said Cardinal Theodore McCarrick this week in his congressional testimony on protecting the civil rights of American Muslims. Watch excerpts from the hearing./wnet/religionandethics/files/2011/03/thumb01-durbinhearings.jpg

]]>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2011/03/30/civil-rights-of-american-muslims/8490/feed/0bigotry,Cardinal Theodore McCarrick,civil rights,Common Good,Congress,discrimination,Faith,Farhana Khera,First Amendment,Freedom of Religion,Hate Crimes,intolerence"As Muslim societies wrestle with how to treat religious minorities, let them look to our nation," said Cardinal Theodore McCarrick this week in his congressional testimony on protecting the civil rights of American Muslims."As Muslim societies wrestle with how to treat religious minorities, let them look to our nation," said Cardinal Theodore McCarrick this week in his congressional testimony on protecting the civil rights of American Muslims. Watch excerpts from the hearing.Religion & Ethics NewsWeeklyno9:54